Typographic machine.



F. H. RICHARDS. TYPOGRAPHIG morrmn. I APPLIOATION FILED APRJB, 1901.RENEWED AUG. 7. 1907. 916,488, Patented Mar. 1909.

8 SHEET BET 1.

P. H. RICHARDS. TYPOGRAPHIC MACHINE.

, PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP 01. BBBBBBBB UG. 77777 '1. 916,488. PatentedMar. 30, 1909.

F. H. RICHARDS. TYPOGRAPHIG MACHINE. I APPLICATION FILED APILIB, 1901.RENEWED AUG. 7, 1901.

91 6,488. Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

8 SHEETS-SHEET 3- Winesses;

nu-t mmms PEYERS co, wnsmuamm n. c

F. H. RICHARDS.

TYPOGRAPHIO MACHINE. AIPPLIOATION Hum 2.18, 1901. RENEWED AUG. 7, 1901.

916,488. Patented Mar.3 09.

I. H. RICHARDS. TYPOGRAPHIG MACHINE.

nruonmn FILED APR.18, 1901. RENEWED AUG. '1, wow.

916,488. Patented Mar. 30, 1909;

8 SHBETSSHEET 5.

INS uonms PETERS c0. \vAsnmcmN. n. c.

P. H. RICHARDS.

v TYPOGRAPHIG MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED APE,18, 1901. RENEWED AUG. '1,1907.

91 6,488. Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

8 SHEETS-SHEET 6.

Wtflesses;

'P. H. RICHARDS.

TYPOGBAPHIG MACHINE.

APPLICATION 21mm APR. 16, 1901 nnnnwnn we. 7, 1907.

91 6,488. Patented Mar. 30, 1909 8 BHEBTB SHEET 7.

* N45 uon'ms PETERS ca, wnsumamu, n. c.

F. H. RICHARDS.

TYPOGRAPHIO monmn. APPLICATION FILED APR.18, 1901. RENEWED AUG. 7, 1907.

Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

8 SHEETSSHBET 8.

@ N NN Ind/e Rio)";

Mine ses:-

UNITED STATES PATENT onnrc.

FRANCIS H. RICHARDS, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHIC CORPORATION, A CORPORATION OF NEWJERSEY.

TYPOGRAPHIC MACHINE.

Application filed. April 18, 1901, Serial No. 56,479. Renewed. August 7,1907.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March so, 1909.

Serial No. 387,424..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANoIs H. RICHARDS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTypographic Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates in general to typographic-machines or machinescapable of making impressions through the medium of suitableinstrumentalities, and particularly to machines operating to form asuccession of types by the successive application of dies to the edge ofa suitable blank to form a typebar.

It is an object of the present invention to furnish a machine of thisgeneral class which may be provided with a large number of impressiondevices and is adapted for making a large number of impressions whilekeeping the size and mass of the impression mechanism relativel smalland capable of operation at a high ve ocity.

In carrying out my present invention, a plurality of impression devicesare disposed in one or more sets, each set comprising one or more ofsuch devices normally lying in a fixed plane and one or more normallylocated on each side of that plane, but shiftable thereinto when it isdesired that they shall operate to form an impression. To permit of thismovement and other motions of which they are capable, the impressiondevices are conveniently mounted upon one or more sectional carriers,the sections of each of which sectional carriers constitute a set ofcarriers and are affixed to a corresponding set of concentricallydisposed shafts. When an impression device normally located at the sideof the fixed plane is to be operated, the shaft upon which it is carriedwhen it is started rotating (or at some other time before it operates)is shifted with other shafts in that set lengthwise or axially to itsproper axial operative position, and after the device has operated toform an impression the sev eral shafts are returned to their originalaxial positions. A similar operation takes place when an impressiondevice on the other side of the plane is to be used.

According to the present organization, the aforesaid shafts are disposedupon opposite sides of the aforementioned fixed plane, thusdistinguishing from the organization disclosed in my pending applicationSerial No. 42,599, filed January 9, 1901, in which the main portions ofall the shafts together with the associated selective mechanism, aredisposed upon the same side of the fixed or operative plane.

The invention embodies, also, in combination with the foregoing, aselective mechanism whereby any particular impression device may becaused to perform. its function to the exclusion of all others, theoperation of any impression device being therefore under control.

A machine embodying the various feaj tures of the present invention isset forth in g the following specification with the aid of theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of such amachine. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the right-hand end thereof as setforth in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevational view of the roar of themachine. Fig. 4 is a view partly in section and partly in plan, the laneof the section being that indicated by t '16 line 4-4 in Fig. 2. Fig.5is a vertical cross section on the plane of the line 55 in Fig. 1,looking in the direction of the arrow adjacent to that line. Fig. 6 is asimilar section on the line 6-6 in Fig. 1, looking in the direction ofthe arrow adjacent to that line. Fig. 7 is an elevational view of a setof die-wheels showing the shafts upon which the die-wheels are mountedand various accessory parts. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section throughcertain of the parts as shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a View similar toFig. 7, but shows certain of the parts shifted for the purpose of brining into operative position a die normally located in the fixed plane.Figs. 10 and 11 represent certain other parts in their shiftedpositions, which positions they are caused to assume for the purpose ofbringing dies normally located upon opposite sides of the fixed planethereinto. Fig. 12 is a View of a detail upon a somewhat enlarged scaleillustrating means for slotting the edge of a blank crosswise to removeexcess material between type-blocks and set off one of the same. Fig. 13is a view of the radial face of a gear-wheel illustrating a constructionthereof for effecting the various feed movements of a blank. Fig. 14 isa perspective view upon a somewhat enlarged scale of a certain feed-arm.Fig. 15 is an enlarged view of a detail for effecting the adjustment toan operative position of the slotting device. Fig. 16 is a sectionalview upon the same scale as that to which Fig. 15 is drawn of certain ofthe parts indicated in the latter figure. Fig. 17 is a bottom view of awork or blank holder with its guides and certain of its associatedparts. Fig. 18 is a longitudinal, central section through the partsshown in Fig. 17. Fig. 19 is a view similar to the right-hand end ofFig. 18, but shows the arts in another position with the blank-holc erready to begin its stepby-step or forward feed movement.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

An organization is shown adapting the features of the present inventionto use in a machine for making typebars, but the invention is notlimited, it will be understood, to such particular embodiment, it beingapplicable in Whole or in part as respects its various features totypographic-machines in general or machines in which an impressiondevice is designed to operate upon or affect a certain surface.

The impression devices designated in a general way by cl in the machinetaken for the purposes of illustration and to exhibit an embodiment ofthe invention in a typebar-machine are dies of suitable form andconstruction, and, as to the manner of their operation in the presentinstance, they are designed to produce ty es by rolling over the edge ofa blank in a r irection transverse to the length thereof. These dies, toenable this mode of operation to be effected, may be convenientlymounted upon the periphery of a plurality of annular die-carriers ordiewheels, designated in a general way by D, with a suitable exponentialnumber as set forth in the drawings of the present specification, whichdie-wheels are disposed according to the present invention, when intheir normal or inoperativepositions, both within a fixed plane,(hereinafter referred to as the operative plane,) and on opposite sidesthereof and in such relation thereto that the diewheels at the sides ofthe plane are susceptible of being shifted axially thereinto. If a setcomprising three die-wheels is employed, as shown in the presentdrawings, one of the die-wheels may be located in the plane, while theother two die-wheels are situated at the sides of the former die-wheel.While three die-wheels are shown as forming a set, it is evident thatthis number may be altered without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

All the die-wheels in a set are shifted axially to bring any particulardie-wheel normally at the side of the fixed or operative plane (see linePP in Figs. 9 to 11, inclusive,) into that plane, and for this purposethey may be conveniently affixed to shafts which extend on each side ofthe operative plane and are fitted to rotate upon an inner shaft towhich the die-wheel normally situated in the operative plane is secured.

The die-wheels are adapted in the present organization to have both amovement in a closed circuit or orbital path and at times arotarymovement about their own axes. In the particular instance illustrated,this closed circuit or orbital movement is that of revolution about anaxis exterior to the diewheels, and for conveniently enabling thisdouble or compound motion to be attained the shafts 4, 5, and 6,carrying the diewheels D, D D respectively, of a set are shown mountedin a turret or rotary carrier T, which may be rotated by its shaft 7through the medium of a pulley or bandwheel 8 from a convenient sourceof power. The bearings of this shaft 7 are supported. by or formed in asuitable fixture or fixtures which, in the present instance, formsideframes 1), b, constituting a portion of the protecting casinginclosing the mechanism and erected from the base or bed plate B. Thisbed-plate B and the protecting casin as well as the various frameelements, are of any desired form and suitable construction to supportand protect the various operative parts, details, and accessories of themachine.

Such a number of sets of die-wheels as are desired, within the capacityof the turret T, are disposed thereon, being affixed to correspondingsets of shafts. In the particular mounting of a set of shafts shown inthe present drawings, the interior shaft 6 of the set passes through andis supported by arms 17, 17 (herein shown in the form of arm-likeplates) extending from and secured to the turret shaft 7 adjacent to theends of the latter, and the exterior or tubular shaft 4 encircling theinterior shaft is journaled in an arm-like plate 17 b and passes throughan arm 17 both of which arms are also rigid with the turret shaft 7,while the exterior or tubular shaft 5 is journaled in an arm-like plate1.7 d and passes through one of the arms 17 mentioned as supporting theinterior or central shaft 6. The shafts a, 5, and 6, constituting theset, are not journaled directly in the arms 17, 17, 17, but have theirbearings in certain sleeves situated in those arms and more particularlyreferred to hereinafter, while it is evident from the construction thatthe tubular shafts afford a bearing for the interior shaft.

Each set of associated shafts 4;, 5, and 6 is adapted to have anindependent rotary motion imparted to each of its component shafts,

in addition to the orbital motion which theset may have by virtue of therotation of the turret T, for the purpose of bringing any particular dieupon any of the die-wheels in the set attached to the shafts to thetypeforming point. To enable this independent rotary motion to beimparted to the several shafts there is provided in the present conitsoperative surface disposed at the end of a struction a gear-wheel,designated in a general way by 18, one for each shaft. As constructed inthe present instance, the driver for the gear-wheels 18 consists of aninternal gear-wheel, there being a driver for each of the series ofshafts, composed of the corresponding shafts in the several setsthat isto say, there is a driver or gear-wheel, designated in a general way by19, for the series of tubular shafts 4, another for the series oftubular shafts 5, and another for the series of interior or centralshafts 6. Each internal gear-wheel 19 is shown as being secured to thecasing of the machine, and it affords a positive means when a gear-wheel18 is en- 'aged with it for effecting a rotation of the atter by virtueof the rotation of the turret.

The endwise or axial movement of each shaft 4 and 5 in each set formoving the attached die-wheel into and withdrawing it from the operativeplane is utilized for engaging the gear-wheel 18 on the shaft with anddisengaging -it from the corresponding internal gear-wheel 19. To eflectthis endwise movement in one direction there may be combined, as shownin the present instance, with each series of tubular shafts 4 and witheach series of tubular shafts 5a corresponding actuating member or cam20 with which there is adapted to cooperate a corresponding coactingmember or cam-arm 21, one for each shaft in the corresponding series,for shifting the shaft toward and bringing the corresponding die-wheelinto the operative plane and simultaneously engaging its gear-wheel 18.It will be manifest, since the die-wheels carried by one of thementioned series of shafts normally lie, in the illustrated anddescribed organization, upon one side of the operative plane and thedie-wheels carried by the other series of shafts upon the other side ofthe operative plane, that the two series of shafts move in oppositedirections in approaching this plane; hence the cams 20 for the twoseries will face in opposite directions.

For returning the shafts in the two series a similar mechanism may be employed, there being an actuating member or cam 22, one for each series,with which is adapted to cooperate a coacting member or cam-arm 23projecting from each shaft, accomplishing in a similar manner theshifting of the shaft backward and the withdrawal'of its attacheddie-wheel from said plane and effecting, moreover, the disengagement ofthe gear-wheel. These cams 22 for the. two series of shafts also, itwill be understood, are oppositely-facing. AL though here shown as beingof a comparatively rigid construction, each arm in any one of these twoseries of cam-arms 21 and 23, preferably the cam-arms 21, may haveflexible or spring-like strip like the corresponding cam arm extendingfrom each sleeve concerned in effecting the rotary movement of theintermediate die wheel, and to be presently described. This mode ofsupporting the operative portion will tend to suppress the violence ofthe shock when the parts come in contact and insure the quiet engagementof the teeth of the gear-wheels notwithstanding the fact that when firstbrought into contact they are not in alinement.

As has already been stated, when the diewheels on any set of associatedshafts are in their normal or inoperative positions the intermediatedie-wheel attached to the interior or central shaft 6 lies in theoperative plane, as here organized and as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. It isnot necessary, therefore, to shift the intermediate die-wheel of a setaxially when it is desired to set it in rotation, and in fact such ashifting it is evident would prevent the operation of a selected die atthe designed point in the operative plane. To effect the rotation of anycentral shaft and thereby its attached die-wheel, the gear-wheel 18 forthis purpose is shown mounted upon a sleeve 25 movable along the shaft,but fixed thereto so far as respects any relative rotary movement bymeans of a key or feather 26 extending axially of the central shaftalong which the sleeve 25 may slide backward and forward or converselyas regards a similar movement of the shaft. T he several sleeves 25 maybe shifted axially by means similar to those already described foreffecting a like movement of a series of shafts. If such be theconstruction there may be combined with the series of sleeves a coactingmember or cam 20, with which is adapted to cooperate a coacting memberor camai;m 21 similar to the cam and cam-arms 20 and 21 alreadydescribed. For moving the sleeves in the opposite direction there may bea coacting member or cam 22, with which is adapted to cooperate acoaeting member or cam-arm 23 on each sleeve similar to the cam andcam-arm 22 and 23 already described. The operative portion of eachcam-arm 21 is shown supported upon a spring-like strip attached to thegear-wheel of the sleeve, the advantage of this construction havingpreviously been set forth.

For holding each sleeve 25 in a position to which it may be adjustedaxially and to prevent its axial movement when either the tubular shaft4 or the tubular shaft 5 of the corresponding set is shifted to bringits attached die-wheel into the operative plane, there is shown aspring-finger 31 secured at 32 to the end arm 17 and by its resiliencycausing the angular end portion or dctent of the finger to engage with acircumferentiallynotched retaining disk 34 on the sleeve. This finger 31and disk 34 are so formed and so cooperate with each other as to resistthe displacement of the angular portion from one notch in the disk to anadj aoent notch, but they do not prevent the axial movement of the wheelwhen sufficient force is exerted through the operation of the shiftingcams 20 and 22 to effect the transfer.

The cams 20 and 22 for each set of tubular shafts and the cams 20 and 22for the series of sleeves 25 may be attached. to the casing and arelocated in the proper positions to cooperate with their respective arms,while the distance each causes a shaft or sleeve to move axially issufficient to carry the other arm on the shaft or sleeve which ooactswith the other cam to a point where contact of this latter arm will takeplace with its cam when the shaft or sleeve has been swung around torender the arm operative. The two cams 20 and 22 for each series ofshafts and the cams 20 and 22 for the sleeves 25 are arranged, in otherwords, upon substantially diametrically-opposite sides of the circle inwhich the operative ends of their cam-arms move, (see Fig. 6, forinstance,)

while each cam is of a length sufficient to insure the contact and theproper operation of the coacting arm with it as the shaft or sleeverotates on its own axis and revolves about the axis of the turret. As aresult a movement of the shaft or sleeve to-and-fro for each rotation ofthe turret T is produced.

It will be understood from the described operation of the die-wheelstl1at during the axial shifting of a set to bring either of thedie-wheels at the side of the intermediate die-wheel into the operativeplane, the several shafts in the set move as a unit; that is, when atubular shaft is shifted axially for this purpose it pushes, by reasonof the contact of its inner face with the intermediate die-wheel or thehub of the latter, the other two shafts in the direction of itsmovement, and for the purpose of causing the return of the other twoshafts when this die-wheel is shifted backwardly from the operativeplane, there is provided at the end of each shaft a collar 27 secured tothe central shaft 6 and against which the tubular shaft on that sideabuts.

For retaining a set of shafts in the normal position with the centraldie-wheel in the operative plane, and for also retaining the shiftedshafts in their shifted positions to the right or to the left, a devicesimilar to that serving a corresponding purpose for the sleeves 25 maybe combined with the central shaft, see at the lefthand in Figs. 7 to11, inclusive, and comprising, as before, a springfinger 31 whose detentortion is adapted to engage, by reason of tie resiliency of the finger,with any one of the series of circumferential notches provided in thedisk 34 attached to that shaft. So far as the retention of set of shaftsin their respective axial positions are concerned, one of theseretaining devices suffices, but there is shown in the figures of thepresent drawings a springfinger and a correspondingcircumferentiallynotched disk attached to each tubular shaft 4 and 5 inthe set a duplication designed par ticularly for the purpose ofretaining the shafts in their shifted positions despite the fact thatthere may exist looseness resulting from wear or other causes betweenthe abutting surfaces operating to cause the shafts to shift axially asa unit.

For initiating the rotary movement of the individual shafts 4, 5, and 6,and with the latter the sleeve 25 and thereby causing the swinging ofthe arms 21 and 21 into a position in which they may ooact with theirproper cams, there is provided on each shaft in the set a starting-arm28 operating substantially in the manner set forth in Patents Nos.431,371 and 573,620, granted to me on April 16, 1889, and December 22,1896, respectively, which patents may be consulted for a more detaileddescription of its construction and mode of operation. Sufice it here tosay that the starting-arms 28 assoelated with the shafts in a set of thesame are arranged in different planes transverse to the axis of rotationof the turret and all the tarting-arms for any set of associated shaftsare arranged in different planes to the starting-arms extending from theshafts in any other set.

Referring now to the selective mechanism whereby a particular shaft maybe set in rotation and the amount of such rotation that shall occur upto a fixed point in the operative plane where a die is to operate beunder control, these results may be attained by the employment of aseries of latch mechanisms, the tripping of any one of which will causea reciprocative latch or bolt to protrude into the path of the revolvingstarting-arm, which engaging therewith turns the shaft in its bearing,this action of the shaft effecting the resetting of the latch however inthe manner set forth in the aforesaid patents. Any suitable mechanism ofthis character may be employed or that particular organization thereofto be described.

Each latch mechanism, in the form thereof herein shown, is caused tooperate by means of a corresponding spring-returned rock-lever 32actuated by the pressure of the finger upon a key adj aoent to its outerend. The rocklevers may all be fulerumed at the rear of the case, forinstance, by a rod 150, and may each have a push-rod 30 extending upwardthrough an opening in the front of the casing and provided at its topwith a finger-piece or key 29 There will be as many latches of bolts inthe latch mechanisms designed to actuate any single shaft supported onthe turret T as there are dies upon the die-wheel affixed to thatparticular shaft. Furthermore, these latches are arranged at differentdistances from the point at which the dies operate, for the purpose ofinitiating the rotary movement of the shaft at different fixed distancesfrom said fixed or operative point. The latch mechanisms for initiatingthe rotary movements of a shaft are all located in the same plane inwhich the starting-arm 28 thereon swings, while this latter is made of awidth sufficient to preclude its passing to one side free of the latchdespite the axial shifting of the shaft to which the arm is attached.

In Figs. 5 and 6 there are shown ten separate latches substantially inthe same plane, but of course this number may be increased or diminishedaccording to the number of dies it is desired that each die-wheel shallhave. The latches for operating the several shafts mounted in the turretT may be conveniently located in suitable framing so formed and locatedas to permit the inner ends of the latches or bolts therein to bedisosed circularl or concentricall Y with referonce to the axis of theturret T. Each latch mechanism, as constructed in the present machine,comprises a bolt or latch 33 fitted to slide through a suitable openingor openings in the latch framing (in the present embodiment shown asformed, in part, by the annular casing inclosing the turret) toward andaway from the turret axis, and each latch is held in its inoperative orretracted position by a shoulder 33 thereon, which is adapetd to fitover the edge of the opening in a retaining and guiding plate C formingpart of the latch framing. Each latch is thus prevented from beingthrown inward or set under the tension of a corresponding spring 35 byreason of the contact of the shoulder with the edge of the opening.

It will be noticed particularly in Figs. 5 and 6 that each spring 35 isdisposed angularly with respect to the latch with which it is connected,thus tending to pull the latch to one side and cause the engagement ofthe shoulder 33 with the edge of the opening in the retaining plate; theopening through which the latch extends is, however, sufficiently wideto enable this shoulder to clear the edge of the opening when the latchis pushed laterally to disengage the shoulder by means to be described,a stop 33 on each latch limiting the inward movement thereof. A suitablemeans for effecting the actuation of the latches as the result of thedepression of the keys 29 is provided, and in the "form shown in thepresent instance, this means comprises an actuator designated in ageneral way by E one for each latch and against which the angle-end ofthe corresponding rock-lever bears. As shown particularly in Figs, 5 and6, each actuator E is in the form of a curved rod adapted to slidethrough suitable guideways formed in extensions C, C of the casing ofthe machine, being retained therein by cross bars (Z, d, d andoperatively connected with its corresponding latch by means of atripping finger 35 extending from a rock-shaft 37 journaled in the sidesupports 38, 38 and hearing at its free end against the latch, while theshaft is connected to its actuator by an arm 38 which enters a notch inthe former. A sliding movement imparted to the actuator serves to rockthe shaft and thereby press the shoulder on the latch away from the edgeof the opening in the retaining plate C.

The present application of the invention being that of a machinesuitable for the formation upon an appropriate typebarblank ofsuccessive types, mechanism is illustrated for imparting a feed movementto a work-holder suitable for supporting a blank. In the presentinstance this workholder is disposed at the upper portion of the machinein such position as to bring the edge of the continued blank into properrclation to the'rotating and revolving dicwheels. In the form set forthin the present machine, this work-holder, designated in a general way byhi, consists of a block m provided with. a slot in in which a blank,designated generally by ll, and whatever may be its form andconstruction may be clamped by suitable means, for instance, screws 39,39 as shown, and which block is adapted to have a movement in thedirection of its slot in suitable guideways. The guides and guidewaysare formed in the present instance by extending the sides of the block(see m", m") and securing these extensions within the guideways by gibs40 fastened to a work-holder frame ll-l secured at its 01) posite endsto the side-framcs I), Z). Proj ecting from the block m is a fhiger 42which enters the groove of a feed-screw 43 adapted to be rotated frommechanism of the machine and thereby effect a longitudinal movement ofthe block. The driving-shaft 43 of this feed-screw is journalod insuitable bearings, which in the present case are formed in.thework-holder frame, but preferably to enable the work-holder to beshifted to its original position corresponding to that in which thefirst type on the blank is made, the screw is detachably secured to itsshaft. The means for this purpose set forth in the present instancecomprises a locking-disk 44 splined to the driving-shaft of thefeed-screw and provided with one or more pins 44" adapted to entercorresponding recesses or sockets in the end of the feed-screw.Engagement between these pins and the recesses of the feed-screwnormally exists through the tension of a spring 44" encircling thedriving-shaft and located between the face of the feed-screw bearing andthe end of the disk. When the disk is moved backward against the tensionof the springby hand, for instancedisengaging the pins from the recessesin the screw, the work-holder may be slid backward by a convenienthandle 44 the feed-screw freely revolving during this movement.

The feed-screw driving-shaft 43 is provided with a gear-wheel 70, whichis herein actuated by and from mechanism as follows: Supported at theend of a swinging lever 45 is a floating arm 46 provided with alaterallyeXtending pin or projection 47 which is adapted to contact withand be moved by a shoulder upon a feed-wheel or disk for the purpose ofaccomplishing an intermittent feed movement of the feed-screw shaft.Normally, (assuming that the turret T is rotated, but that no die-wheelhas been set in rotation to efiect the making of a type,) there is nocontact of a pin 47 with a shoulder upon the feed-wheel or disk, butWhen the die-wheel has been shifted into the operative plane or thegear-wheel or a sleeve 25 into engagement with its driver, contact willbe made some time during the resulting orbital and rotary movementbetween a shoulder upon a corresponding feed-wheel or disk and a pin orrojection 47. There is separate swinginglever 45 and a floating arm 46supplied with a pin or projection 47 for each of the series of diewheelsor, in other wordseach series of tubular shafts 4, tubular shafts 5, andcentral shafts 6. These swinging levers 45 are fulcrumed to a shaft 48mounted in suitable bearings supported. by the casing. The rotation ofeach swinging lever in one direction past predetermined point isprevented by a corresponding stop 13, while a suitable spring 51constantly urges the lever to this particular position. Each swingingarm is provided with a spring-pressed pawl 71 which cooperates with acorresponding ratchet-wheel 72 to turn the shaft 48, and a gear-wheel 72on this shaft serves through an intermediate gear-wheel 73 to transmitmotion to gear-wheel on the feed-screw shaft. 1

Normally, or while each swinging arm is in its predetermined positionand is not being swung about itsfulcrum, the position of and thedirection taken by a floating arm 46 may be (if a feed before atype-forming operation is desired) as shown in Fig. 6, where it is seenlocated on that side of the work-holder toward which the turret ismoving when the latter is rotating. The floating arm, however, may notonly be moved upward in the manner pointed out below to turn the shaft48, but may also be deflected from its normal position relative to thelever 45, being designed to return to its normal position automaticallywhen free so to do. To bring about this return movement, it may be pro-'vided with an elastic finger 52 confined between stops 52 52 The feeddisks or wheels mentioned as oooperating with the pins 47 may eachconsist of a separate and independent disk attached to each shaft andsleeve, or the gear-wheel 18 upon each shaft and sleeve may perform theoffice of such feed-dish as herein illustrated. The shoulders stated ascoacting with the pin 47 are formed, as shown, by notching the radialface of each gear-wheel, the notches being indicated generally by 53, orsuch shoulder may be formed by the bottom of a gearwheel tooth, whichfor this purpose may be regarded as forming a notch. Each floating arm46 is arranged adjacent to that series of feed-wheels, or, as hereinshown, gear-wheels 18 with which it is designed to cooperate, and uponthat side of the gear-wheels toward which they are shifted to engagewith the driving-gear 19, contact of the pin taking place with ashoulder on the feed or gear wheel at some time during the axialmovement. The lateral freedom of movement of each pin 47 permits it toreadily seat itself in the bottom of a notch 53, whereupon furtherorbital and rotary movement of the gearwheel causes the elevation of thefloating arm 46 from which the pin 47 extends and a consequent partialrotation of the shaft 48 to which the arm is fulcrumed through theengaging pawl and ratchet construction. Finally, as the geanwheelcontinues its double circular movement, the pin 47 is rolled out of itsnotch, the floating arm 46 deflecting with reference to the swinginglever 45, and the spring 51 and finger 52 return the parts to theiroriginal position.

A movement of a floating arm may take place, if so desired, each timethe engage ment of a geanwheel 1.8 with its driver 19 occurs, and hencea feeding movement results for each movement of the die-wheel inbringing a die to the type-forming point. A variation in the amount ordegree of this feeding movement may be required where dies of varyingwidth are used, which may be secured by altering the radial depth of thenotches u Jon the feed-wheel or gearwheel 18, resu ting therefore in theturning of the shaft 48 through different amounts of angular movement.it will be understood, therefore, from the foregoing that the entranceof a pin 47 into a particular notch 58 corresponds to the appearance ofa particular die at the fixed or type-forming point.

There is shown in the present embodiment a device for slotting the edgeof the blank at the side of that portion which will come under the nextselected die that is to say, a device for isolating this portion fromthe type last made and removing excess material not needed in theformation of the type to thus provide a space into which flowage of thematerial induced by the working die may extend. Such device is shown inthe form of a saw (one for each set of associated shafts) adapted tooperate prior to the operation of the selected die and to be moved intoan operative position by the ro tation of the shaft to which thedie-wheel of that die is secured. When such shaft is started rotating, aconcentric bushing 54:, (there being a separate bushing for each shaft,)which is journaled in one of the turret arm-plates supporting the shaftand splined to the shaft, is also set in rotation. Each bushing isprovided with a cam portion 54 against which bears an anti-friction orcamroller 55 extending from a corresponding link 56 bifurcated at oneend and embracing the shaft, as shown plainly in Fig. 12, and at theother end loosely pivoted to an arm 57 attached to a corresponding shaft58 journaled in the arm-like plates of the turret and provided with asaw 59 suitable for slotting the edge of the blank when drawn across itby the rotating turret. As stated, there is a link 56 and a cam portion54 for each shaft in a set, and consequently when any shaft is startedrotating it will result in the turning of the shaft 58 from which thesaw extends. Each link is provided with a spring 60 connected to asuitable pin, as 60 thereon and fastened at the other end to a fixedpart of the turret to hold the camroller 55 on the link in engagementwith its cam. It will be noticed, particularly in Fig. 12, that the endof the arm connecting with the link is slotted and that the pivot pin 61extending from the link is normally situated at the top of the slot.When therefore any particular die-wheel shaft is started rotating, thelink actuating the saw-shaft will be actuated, tilting the saw from aposition in which it moves free of the blank during the rotation of theturret, as indicated in full lines in Fig. 12, to a position in which itis adapted to enter the edge of the blank and ultimately form a slottherein, which latter position is indicated in a general way by thedotted lines in that figure. The other arms extending from thatparticular saw-shaft and whose pins enter the links operable from theother shafts will simply rise and carry their pins lengthwise of theslots in the links without in any way actuating the latter. When throughthe further rotation of the bushing the link is withdrawn to its normalposition by the spring 60 attached to it, the shaft from which the sawextends will be rotated to carry the saw into a position where it willnot contact with the blank by the tension of the helical spring 62encircling the shaft and connected to a fixed portion of the turret anda collar 62 for instance, on the shaft. Each link 56 is also utilized inthe present instance for retaining its actuating shaft in its normalrotarial position and for bringing the shaft to rest after it has beenactuated and a die caused to form a type. A projection on the link forthis purpose, the cam-roller 55 in the present instance constitutingthis projection, is adapted to cooperate with a corresponding depression55" in the cam portion and by the pressure exerted between the twooperating by a brake-like action to stop the rotation of the bushing andthe shaft eventually with the cam-roller seated in the recess. For theproduction of the spaces between letters and words, a solid dieoperating in a similar manner to the type-forming dies may be usedcontrollable from a key on the key-board. A recessed portion 250 isprovided on one or all of the die-wheels to insure the clearance of theblank by the dic wheels as the latter are revolved by the rotatingturret in their normal position.

The operation of a machine constructed and organized in accordance withthe foregoing is substantially as follows: rlssuming that a key 29 hasbeen depressed, thereby actuating the rock-lever 32 to which it is attached, a corresponding latch 33 is permitted to be thrown forward bythe attached spring 35 and the first starting-arm 28 in the plane ofthat latch to reach it will engage with its end. The continued rotationof the turret '1 causes the engaged starting-arm to swing around, asalso its shaft, and assuming that a tubular or outside shaft isactuated, this initial rotation results in the contact of the cam-arnr21 with the inclined surface of cam 20. Gear-wheel 1S and its shaft nowmove endwise, carrying the other shafts in the set bodily or as a unitwith them, and the diewhccl on the shaft whose arm has been operatcd isshifted into the operative plane, while the gear-wheel 18 simultaneouslymeshes with the driver 19. The detent on the corresponding spring linger31 springs into the proper groove in the retaining disk 34, maintainingthe parts in this axial position. Rotation of the said shaft now takesplace, the continuous swinging of the starting-arm causing the resettingof the latch until that die on the actuated die-wheel to which theparticular operatod key is referable has reached the blank or otherfixedv point where it is designed that the die shall 0 crate, whereuponthe latter rolls across tfic surface of the blank there located andforms a type or space. Just before reaching this point, however, the saw59 which has been shifted outwardly to its operative position, willcross-slot the blank at a point immediately at the side of the type lastformed, following which action the corresponding pin 47 will enter anodetermined notch 53 in the l'ced-whecl, whose function is performed,as already explained, by the gear-wheel 18 and the shaft 48 is turned inits bearings to cause a feed in the manner already de scribed. As thepin 47 rolls out and becomes free of the particular notch into which ithas entered to effect the feed, the shaft 48, etc., are returned totheir normal positions by the spring 51 and the elastic finger 52. Soonafter this, by reason of the continued rotation and revolution, thecam-arm 23 contacts with its cam 22 and the die-wheel shaft being freeto move endwise is shifted back to its original position, the retainingdetent springing back into the proper groove. The gear-wheel 18 iswithdrawn from the driver 19 simultaneously wi h this return movementand the shaft is brought to rest in its normal angular position by thecamroller 55 as it coacts with the depression 55* in the cam portion, asaforesaid. Coincident with the disengagement of the gear-wheel 18 thedie-wheel shifts out of the operative plane, leaving the intermediatedie-wheel therein. If, on the other hand, a die-wheel on a central shaft6 is the one that will respond to the depression of the hey, this shaftis not shifted axially, since the diewheel attached thereto normallylies in the operative plane, as previously described. The only result ofthe engagement of the cam 20 and the cam-arm 21, due to the swinging ofthe starting-arm 28 of the sleeve on this shaft, will be the shifting ofthe sleeve axially along the interior shaft and the carrying of thegear-wheel attached to the sleeve into engagement with the driver 19.Rotation is then imparted from this gear-wheel 18 to the shaft and theactuation of die followed by a return movement ensues in the manneralready described. A. feeding movement prior to the operation of the dieoccurs, as before pointed out.

Having described my invention, 1 claim- 1. The combination, *ith acarrier adapted to move in a closed circuit or orbital path, of a set ofshafts mounted one within the other and which are capable of independentrotation, and means located upon opposite sides of a fixed plane formoving the set of shafts as a unit in opposite positions with respect tosaid plane.

2. The combination, with a carrier adapted to move in a closed circuitor orbital path, of a set of shafts mounted one within the other andwhich are capable of independent rotation; die-wheels attached to saidshafts; and means located upon opposite sides of a fixed plane formoving the set of shafts as a unit in opposite directions with respectto said plane.

3. The combination, with a carrier adapted to move in a closed circuitor orbital path, of a set of shafts mounted one within the other andwhich are capable of independent rotation; die-wheels attached to saidshafts; and means located upon opposite sides of a fixed plane formoving the set of shafts as a unit axially in opposite directions withrespect to said plane and for rotating a-particular shaft in the set.

4:- The combination, with a rotary carrier or turret, of a set of shaftsmounted one within the other and which are capable of independentrotation, and means located upon opposite sides of a fixed plane formoving the set of shafts as unit in an opposite direction with respectto said plane.

5. The combination, with a rotary carrier or turret, of a set of shaftsmounted one within the other and which are capable of independentrotation; die-wheels attached to.

said shafts; and means located upon opposite sides of a fixed plane formoving the set of shafts as a unit in an opposite direction with respectto said plane.

6. The combination, with a rotary carrier or turret, of a set of shaftsmounted one within the other and which are capable of independentrotation; die-wheels attached to said shafts; and means located uponopposite sides of a fnred plane for moving the set of shafts as a unitin an opposite direction with respect to said plane and for rotating aparticular shaft in the set.

7 The combination, with a rotary carrier or turret, of a set of shaftsmounted one within the other and which are capable of being shiftedaxially as a unit; die-wheels attached to said shafts; gear-wheels forrotating each shaft independently of the other; and means located uponopposite sides of the fixed plane for moving a gear-wheel axially forthe purpose of rotating a shaft.

8. The combination, with a rotary carrier or turret, of a set of shaftsmounted one within the other and which are capable of being shiftedaxially as a unit; die-Wheels attached to said shafts; gear-wheels forrotating each shaft independently of the other; a starting-arm moving inunison with each gear-wheel for initiating the rotary movement thereof;and an actuating member and a coacting member for shifting a gear-wheelaxially to effect its continued rotation.

9. The combination, with a rotary carrier or turret, of a set of shaftsmounted one within the other and which are capable of being shiftedaxially in unison; die-wheels attached to said shafts; gear-wheels forrotating each shaft independently of the others; means for driving saitgear-wheels; a starting-arm moving in unison with each gearwheel forinitiating the rotary movement thereof; and an actuating member and acoacting member for shifting each gear-wheel axially into engagementwith its driver to effect its continued rotation.

10. The combination, with a rotary carrier or turret, of a set of shaftsmounted one within the other and which are capable of being shiftedaxially in unison; die-wheels attached to said shafts; gear-Wheels forrotating each shaft independently of the others; attached to saidshafts; gear-wheels for remeans for driving said gear-wheels; a start-1, tating each shaft independently of the others;

ing-arm moving in unison wi thereof; selective devices for enacting witheach shaft; and an actuating lllCliilH-i and coacting member forshifting each g --who l axially into engagement with its driver toeffect its continued rotation.

11. The combination, with a rotary carrier or turret, of a set of shaftsmounted one within the other and which are capable of being shiftedaxially in unison; die-wheels 7 attached to said shafts; gear-wheels forrotating each shaft independently of the others; means for driving saidgear-wheels; a starting-arm moving in unison with each gear-wheel forinitiating the rotary movement thereof; selective devices for coactingwith each shaft; an actuating member and coacting member for shiftingeach gear-wheel axiallyinto engagement with its driver to effect itscontinued rotation; and means for causing a feed movement when agear-wheel is shifted axially.

12. The combination, with a rotary carrier orturret, of a set of shaftsmounted one within the other and which are capable of being shiftedaxially in unison; die-wheels attached to said shafts; gear-wheels forretating each shaft independently of the others; means for driving saidgear-wheels; a starting-arm moving in'unison with each gear-Wheel forinitiating the rotary movement thereof; selective devices for coactingwith each shaft; an actuating member and coacting member for shiftingeach gear- Wheel axially into engagement with its driver to effect itscontinued rotation; and means comprising a notched disk or wheel forcausing a feed movement when a gear-wheel is shifted axially.

13. The combination, with a rotary carrier or turret, of a set of shaftsmounted one Within the other and which are capable of being shiftedaxially in unison; die-wheels attached to said shafts; gear-wheels forrotating each shaft independently of the others; means for driving saidgear-wl'ieels; a starting-arm moving in unison with each gear-Wheel forinitiating the rotary movement thereof; selective devices for coactingwith each shaft; an actuating member and coacting member for shiftingeach gearwheel axially into engagement with its driver to effect itscontinued rotation; and means comprising a notched disk or wheel, ashaft, and a pin or projection adapted to engage with a notch in thedisk and thereby actuate the shaft for causing a feed movement when agear-wheel is shifted axially.

14. The combination, with a rotary carrier or turret, of a set of shaftsmounted one within the other and which are capable of being shiftedaxially in unison; die-wheels in each gear- 1meansfordrivingsaidgear-wheels; astarting- Wheel for mitiatmg the rotary.niovemont arm moving in unison with each gear-wheel for initiating therotary movement thereof; selective devices for coin-ting with eachshaft; an actuating member and enacting member for shifting eachgear-wheel axially into engagement with its driver to effect itscontinued rotation; and means comprising a series of notches on agear-wheel, a shaft, and a pin or projection adapted to engage with anotch in the disk and thereby actuate the shaft for causing a feedmovement when a gear-wheel is shifted axially.

15. The combination of a central or interior shaft, tubular shaftsmounted thereon, and impression devices attached to the shafts, thoseattached to the central shaft lying normally in a fixed plane.

16. The combination of a central or interior shaft, tubular shaftsmounted thereon; impression devices attached to the shafts, thoseattached to the central shaft lying normally in a fixed plane; and meansfor holding the shafts in their axial positions.

17. The combination of a central or interior shaft, tubular shaftsmounted thereon; impression devices attached to the shafts, thoseattached to the central shaft lying normally in a fixed plane; means forholding the shafts in their axial positions; and means for stopping arotating shaft in a given axial position.

18. A typebar-machine having in combination, a central or interiorshaft, a tubular shaft mounted thereon; die-wheels attached to theshafts, that attached to the central shaft lying normally in a fixedplane; and means for slotting the edge of a typebarblank.

19. A typebar-machine having in combination, a central or interiorshaft, a tubular shaft mounted thereon; die-wheels attached to theshafts, that attached to the central shaft lying normally in a fixedplane; and means for slotting the edge of a typebarblank operable from arotatable shaft.

20. A typebar-machine having in combination, a central or interiorshaft, a tubular shaft mounted thereon; die-wheels attached to theshafts, that attached to the central shaft lying normally in a fixedplane; a slot ting device, an actuating link, and a cam rotating with arotating shaft and operating to actuate the link and thereby shift theslotting device into its working position.

21. The combination with a plurality of selective devices assembled in anumber of sets and comprising devices located in the plane of theworking point, and devices located outside of such )lanc, of mechanismlocated on opposite si es of said plane for shifting the lurality ofsaid devices as a unit, to there y shift a selected device norinallylocated outside the plane into the plane and bring the selected device,to the exclusion of all others to its working position.

22. The combination with a plurality 0t Selective devices assembled in anumber of sets and comprising devices located in the plane of theworking point and devices located outside or such plane, of mechanismlocated 011 opposite sides of said plane for shifting the plurality oi?said devices as a unit and for shifting each of said sets of de vicesseparately from the other sets to bring the selected device, to theexclusion of all others, to its working position; and a selectivemechanism for controlling s ch unital shifting of the devices and theparticular one of said sets shifted.

23. The combination with a plurality of selective devices assembled in anumber of sets and comprising devices located in the plane of theworking point and devices located outside of such plane, of mechanismlocated on opposite sides of such plane for simultaneously shifting theplurality of said devices as a unit, and a set or said devicesseparately from the other sets to bring the selected device, to theexclusion of all others, to its working position; and a selectivemechanism for controlling such unital shifting of the devices and theparticular one of said sets shifted.

24. The combination with a main carrier comprising a plurality ofcarrier-sections, 01" a plurality of selective devices mounted on themain carrier, and comprising a plurality of sets of such devices, eachset being mounted upon one of the carrier-sections; and mechanismlocated on opposite sides of the plane of the working point for shiftingthe main carrier and for shifting that one of the carrier-sections onwhich the selected device is mounted, to thereby bring said device, tothe exclusion of all others, to its working position. 7

25-. The combination with a main carrier comprising a plurality ofrotatably shiftable carrier sections, of a plurality of selectivedevices mounted on tile main carrier and comprising a plurality of setsof such devices, each set being mounted upon one of thecarrier-sections; and mechanism located on opposite sides of the plane.of the Working aoint for shifting the main carrier axially to bringthat section upon which the selected device is mounted into the plane ofthe work ing point and for rotatably shifting such section to bring theselected device to suchpoint.

26. The combination with a rotatable and orbitally movable impressiondevice carrier, of selective mechanism cooperatively related with saidcarrier for shifting the same rotatably and axially to bring theselected device to the working point.

27. The combination with a plurality of sets and comprising deviceslocated in the plane of the working point and devices located outside ofsuch. plane, of mechanism located on opposite sides of such plane forshifting the plurality oi said devices as a unit to thereby shift aselected device normally located outside the plane into the plane andbring the selected device to the exclusion of all others to its workingposition, and a blank slotter brought into operative position on theapproach of the selected device to its Working position.

28-. The combination with plurality of selective devices assembled in anumber of sets and comprising devices located in the plane of theworking point and devices located outside of such plane, of mechanismlocated on opposite sides of said plane for shitting the plurality ofsaid devices as a unit, and for shifting each of salt sets of devicesseparately from the other sets, a selective mechanism for controllingsuch unital shil'ting of the devices and the particular one of said setsshifted; and a blank slotter brought into its operative position uponthe shifting of the selected set of impression devices.

29. The combination with a main carrier comprising a plurality ofcarrier sections, of a plurality of selective devices mounted on themain carri r and comprising a plurality of sets of such devices, eachset being mounted upon one of the carrier sections, mechanism forshifting the main carrier and for shifting that one of the carriersections on which the selected device is mounted to thereby. bring saiddevice to the exclusion of all others to its working position, and ablank slotter brought into its operative position upon the approach ofthe selected device to such position.

30. The combination with a main carrier comprising a plurality ofrotatably shi'ltable sections, of a plurality of selective devicesmounted on the main carrier and comprising a plurality of sets of suchdevices, each set being mounted upon one of the carrier sec tions,mechanism for shifting the main carrier axially to bring that sectionnormally out of the plane of the working point and upon which theselected device is mounted into such plane and for rotatably shiftingsuch section to bring the selected device to such point, and a blankslotter brought into its operative position by the rotary shifting ofthe said section.

31. The combination of a turret, a plurality of impression devicecarriers mounted thereon, and a blank slotter or each such carrier andoperatively connected with the carrier with which it is associated.

32. The combination of a turret, a plurality of impression devicecarriers mounted thereon, a blank slotter associated with each suchcarrier, and mechanism connecting each selective devices assembled in anumber of 1 carrier with its blank slotter whereby on the rotarymovement of the carrier the blank slotter is shifted to its operativeposition.

33. The combination with a plurality of members individually rotatableand collectively rotatable, orbitally movable, and axially shiftable, ofkey controlled selective;

mechanism cooperatively related with said members, and a starting armcooperative with said mechanism for shifting the selected member tobring the selected device to the working point.

34. The combination with a set of concentrically disposed membersindividually rotatable and collectively rotatable, orbitally movable,and axially shiftable, of key controlled selective mechanism cooperativewith said members; and a starting arm cooperative with said mechanismfor shifting the selected member or set of members to bring a devicecontrolled thereby to the working point.

35. The combination, with a rotary carrier or turret, of a set of shaftsmounted one within the other and which are capable of independentrotation; die-wheels attached to said shafts; and means located uponopposite sides of a fixed plane for moving the set of shafts as a unitin an opposite direction with respect to said plane and for rotating aparticular shaft in the set in opposition to the rest.

36. The combination of a set of centrifugally disposed shaftscollectively shiftablc axially and independently shiftable angularly, astarting arm for each shaft, means to individually actuate the shaftsaxially, and means to collectively actuate the shafts angularly.

37. The combination with a set of concentrically disposed membersindividually rotatable and collectively rotatable, orbitally movable,and axially shiftable, of a starting arm for shifting the selectedmember or set of members to bring a device controlled thereby to theworking point, and key controlled selective mechanism cooperative withsaid starting arms.

38. The combination with a set of concentrically disposed membersindividually rotatable and collectively rotatable, orbitally movable,and axially shiftable, of a startin arm for shifting a selected memberor set oi members to bring a device controlled thereby to the workingpoint, and key controlled se lective mechanism cooperative with saidarms.

39. The combination with a set of concentrically disposed membersindividually rctatable and collectively rotatable, orbitally movable,and axially shiftable, of starting arm cooperative with said mechanismfor shifting the selected member or set of members to bring a devicecontrolled thereby to the working point, and key controlled select ivemechanism cooperative with said mem b rs.

-10. The combination with a set of concentrically disposed membersindividually rotatable and collectively rotatable, orbitally movable,and axially shiftablc, of a starting arm cooperative with said mechanismfor sl'ii'lting the selected member or set of members to bring a devicecontrolled thereby to the working point, and key controlled selectivemechanism cooperative with said starting arm.

41. The combination with a set of concentrically disposed workperforming wheels or heads, of a shaft for each head, and shiftableaxially TIldGIJGIRlCIItlY and angularly collectively, a starting arm foreach shaft, and means for actuating the wheels or heads axially andangularly.

42. The combination of a set of concentrically disposed die wheels,shiftable axially independently and angularly collectively, a startingarm for each wheel, and means for actuating the shafts axially andangularly.

43. The combination with a rotatable carrier, of shafts mounted thereonat different angular positions, a series of type dies controlled by eachof said shafts, a typebar blank holder, means for selectively shiftingthe shafts for bringing a selective die to working position, a slottercarried by the turret in advance of each of said shaft positions, andmeans controlled by the shaft rearward of said slotter in its selectivemovement for actuating the same.

The combination with a rotary carrier, of a plurality of die wheelscarried thereby at different angular positions, a typebar blank support,means for selectively rotating said die wheels for the purpose ofbringing the dies thereon into the working position, a slotter carriedby the carrier in advance of each of said die carrying positions, andmeans connecting each of said slotters with the die wheel locatedrearward thereof for advancing the slotter into its blank engagingposition upon the inauguration of the rotation of said die wheel.

45. The combination with a set of concentrically disposed membersindividually rotatable and collectively rotatable, orbitally movable,and axially shiftable, of a starting arm for shifting the selectedmember to bring a selected device to the working point, and selectivemechanism cooperative with said starting arm.

46. The combination with a set of concentrically disposed membersindividually rotatable, and collectively rotatable, orbitally movable,and axially shiftable, of a starter for shifting the selected member tobring a selected device to the working point, and selective mechanismcooperative with said starter.

47. The combination with a plurality of tubular shaft mounted thereon,typographic rotatable, orbitally movable, and axially mechanism carriedby the respective shafts, shiftable members, of key controlled select- 5that attached to the central shaft normally ive mechanism cooperativelyrelated with occupying the fixed plane and means coop- 5 said members,and a starting arm coperaerative therewith for slotting the edge of the15 tiye With said mechanism for shifting the i typebar blank. membersfor bringing a selected device to the FRANCIS H, RICHARDS. Workingpoint. Witnesses:

48. In a typographic mechanism, the com- FREDa J. DOLE, 10 bination witha central or interior shaft, a C. E. Voss.

l E i l

